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  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ Zee Cinema premiere on 22 October

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ Zee Cinema premiere on 22 October

    MUMBAI: India’s first flying superhero – A Flying Jatt, is all set for its World Television Premiere on The World’s Largest Theatre for Hindi Movies- Zee Cinema on Saturday, 22nd October, at 8 PM. Directed by Remo D’Souza, the film starring Tiger Shroff and Jacqueline Fernandez stands out from all superhero flicks made so far. A quirky amalgam of action and humor, the film also delivers an important social message for our younger generation.

    Aman (Tiger Shroff) a martial arts teacher in a school constantly strives for the attention of his students. He fumbles and bumbles, behaves like a little boy around his formidable mother Bebe (Amrita singh) and is all shy and tongue-tied around his female colleague Kirti (Jacqueline Fernandez). One day, when Aman is trying to save his beloved land that houses a sacred tree from the clutches of corrupt businessman Malhotra (Kay Kay Menon), fate shines upon him. Destiny makes him a common man’s superhero, the ‘Flying Jatt’. In order to save the day, he also challenges super villain Raka (WWE wrestler Nathan Jones) in a dangerous battle. Bestowed not only with incredible superpower, Flying Jatt also displays some jaw-dropping martial art kicks. A superhero blessed with killer dance moves, the film also features the digital rage chart-buster song ‘Beat Pe Booty’.

    D’Souza said “Making Flying Jatt has been an overwhelming experience. I have always been inspired by Superheroes and the idea behind the film was to give India its first Desi Superhero which hopefully we have been able to. I am happy that Zee Cinema is premiering the movie. This would help A Flying Jatt reach out to wider masses and entertain more.”

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ Zee Cinema premiere on 22 October

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ Zee Cinema premiere on 22 October

    MUMBAI: India’s first flying superhero – A Flying Jatt, is all set for its World Television Premiere on The World’s Largest Theatre for Hindi Movies- Zee Cinema on Saturday, 22nd October, at 8 PM. Directed by Remo D’Souza, the film starring Tiger Shroff and Jacqueline Fernandez stands out from all superhero flicks made so far. A quirky amalgam of action and humor, the film also delivers an important social message for our younger generation.

    Aman (Tiger Shroff) a martial arts teacher in a school constantly strives for the attention of his students. He fumbles and bumbles, behaves like a little boy around his formidable mother Bebe (Amrita singh) and is all shy and tongue-tied around his female colleague Kirti (Jacqueline Fernandez). One day, when Aman is trying to save his beloved land that houses a sacred tree from the clutches of corrupt businessman Malhotra (Kay Kay Menon), fate shines upon him. Destiny makes him a common man’s superhero, the ‘Flying Jatt’. In order to save the day, he also challenges super villain Raka (WWE wrestler Nathan Jones) in a dangerous battle. Bestowed not only with incredible superpower, Flying Jatt also displays some jaw-dropping martial art kicks. A superhero blessed with killer dance moves, the film also features the digital rage chart-buster song ‘Beat Pe Booty’.

    D’Souza said “Making Flying Jatt has been an overwhelming experience. I have always been inspired by Superheroes and the idea behind the film was to give India its first Desi Superhero which hopefully we have been able to. I am happy that Zee Cinema is premiering the movie. This would help A Flying Jatt reach out to wider masses and entertain more.”

  • Balaji Telefilms to restructure its motion picture business

    Balaji Telefilms to restructure its motion picture business

    MUMBAI: It’s restructuring time at Balaji Telefilms Ltd (BTL). The company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has got the board approval to rejig some of the businesses its subsidiary companies Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd (BMPL) and Bolt Media Ltd (BML).

    BMPL does both, film production and distribution. The film production part of BMPL is being carved out and demerged with BTL, with the former being left with film distribution on its plate on which it will focus. Additionally, BTL is also being merged into BTL. BML was set up help BTL have a presence in non-fiction, reality and digital content a few years ago.

    BMPL reported a revenue of Rs 22.82 crore and it had a negative net worth of Rs 47.58 crore in the year to 31 March 2016. In the past year, the company produced films such as Udta Punjab, Kya Kool Hain Hum 3, Azhar, Great Grand Mastii, and A Flying Jatt. The films that are slated to be released under its banner over the next year include: the Kamal Hassan-directed Vishwaroopam II, the Ken Ghosh-directed XXX, the Mohit Suri-directed Half Girlfriend, and the Sashanka Ghosh directed Veera Di Wedding.

    BMPL had once been placed among the top five film production companies in India. BML had revenues of Rs 65 lakh in the same period with its net worth getting wiped out to the tune of Rs 1.74 crore.

    The entire transaction – not involving any cash flow – will not impact BTL’s share capital. However, BMPL’s equity will see a reduction. Axis Capital is advising to BTL with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas acting as the legal advisor.

    BTL says it is resorting to this so as help streamline the group’s structure as BTL is also into production. The amalgamation and demerger will result in economies of scale, improve capital allocation, cost and operational efficiency, cash flows, and utilization of resources.

    Says BTL joint managing director Ekta Kapoor: “This will help us to focus more efficiently on our content genres and formats.” Adds BTL group CEO Sameer Nair: “We are committed to improving margins and profitability and consolidation of our operations is a step in that direction leading to a better value creation for our shareholders. This will also ensure more efficient use of our senior management’s bandwidth, thereby allowing more time to focus on ALT Digital, our digital foray, which is set to redefine the entertainment viewing experience of Indians in India and across the globe.”

    The restructuring proposal, however, awaits shareholder and other legal approvals.

  • Balaji Telefilms to restructure its motion picture business

    Balaji Telefilms to restructure its motion picture business

    MUMBAI: It’s restructuring time at Balaji Telefilms Ltd (BTL). The company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has got the board approval to rejig some of the businesses its subsidiary companies Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd (BMPL) and Bolt Media Ltd (BML).

    BMPL does both, film production and distribution. The film production part of BMPL is being carved out and demerged with BTL, with the former being left with film distribution on its plate on which it will focus. Additionally, BTL is also being merged into BTL. BML was set up help BTL have a presence in non-fiction, reality and digital content a few years ago.

    BMPL reported a revenue of Rs 22.82 crore and it had a negative net worth of Rs 47.58 crore in the year to 31 March 2016. In the past year, the company produced films such as Udta Punjab, Kya Kool Hain Hum 3, Azhar, Great Grand Mastii, and A Flying Jatt. The films that are slated to be released under its banner over the next year include: the Kamal Hassan-directed Vishwaroopam II, the Ken Ghosh-directed XXX, the Mohit Suri-directed Half Girlfriend, and the Sashanka Ghosh directed Veera Di Wedding.

    BMPL had once been placed among the top five film production companies in India. BML had revenues of Rs 65 lakh in the same period with its net worth getting wiped out to the tune of Rs 1.74 crore.

    The entire transaction – not involving any cash flow – will not impact BTL’s share capital. However, BMPL’s equity will see a reduction. Axis Capital is advising to BTL with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas acting as the legal advisor.

    BTL says it is resorting to this so as help streamline the group’s structure as BTL is also into production. The amalgamation and demerger will result in economies of scale, improve capital allocation, cost and operational efficiency, cash flows, and utilization of resources.

    Says BTL joint managing director Ekta Kapoor: “This will help us to focus more efficiently on our content genres and formats.” Adds BTL group CEO Sameer Nair: “We are committed to improving margins and profitability and consolidation of our operations is a step in that direction leading to a better value creation for our shareholders. This will also ensure more efficient use of our senior management’s bandwidth, thereby allowing more time to focus on ALT Digital, our digital foray, which is set to redefine the entertainment viewing experience of Indians in India and across the globe.”

    The restructuring proposal, however, awaits shareholder and other legal approvals.

  • Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    MUMBAI: A one-woman non-army. Akira, a film banking solely on Sonakshi Sinha with action as the main theme, fails on two counts. The film does not even contain as much action as its promos showed. And, Sonakshi does not quite manage to carry the film through.

    The film had no major opposition to contend with but that did not help it get a decent opening. Struggling from day one when the film collected Rs 4.6 crore, barely improving on Saturday while the expected Sunday rise also remained negligible. The film collected Rs 15.7 crore for its opening weekend.

    It film faced a major drop on Monday despite a holiday in some parts of India.

    *Yeh Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa fails badly.

    *Island City goes unnoticed.

    *Sunshine Music Tours and Travels fails to find an audience.

    *A Flying Jatt succumbs to its poor treatment and fails to appeal to its target audience, children. The film had an average opening response. After showing a weak trend during its opening weekend, the film dropped drastically Monday onwards managing just Rs 33.75 crore for its first week.

    *Happy Bhag Jayegi sustains with a decent second week in the absence of competition. The film adds Rs 6.3 crore for its second week taking its two-week total to Rs 23.2 crore.

    *Mohenjo Daro continues its poor run at the box office. The film added just about Rs 50 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 54.3 crore.

    *Rustom maintains strong collections in its third week being a universally-appealing film to watch. The film collects Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 121.6 crore.

  • Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    Dud weeks; Rustom brings some solace

    MUMBAI: A one-woman non-army. Akira, a film banking solely on Sonakshi Sinha with action as the main theme, fails on two counts. The film does not even contain as much action as its promos showed. And, Sonakshi does not quite manage to carry the film through.

    The film had no major opposition to contend with but that did not help it get a decent opening. Struggling from day one when the film collected Rs 4.6 crore, barely improving on Saturday while the expected Sunday rise also remained negligible. The film collected Rs 15.7 crore for its opening weekend.

    It film faced a major drop on Monday despite a holiday in some parts of India.

    *Yeh Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa fails badly.

    *Island City goes unnoticed.

    *Sunshine Music Tours and Travels fails to find an audience.

    *A Flying Jatt succumbs to its poor treatment and fails to appeal to its target audience, children. The film had an average opening response. After showing a weak trend during its opening weekend, the film dropped drastically Monday onwards managing just Rs 33.75 crore for its first week.

    *Happy Bhag Jayegi sustains with a decent second week in the absence of competition. The film adds Rs 6.3 crore for its second week taking its two-week total to Rs 23.2 crore.

    *Mohenjo Daro continues its poor run at the box office. The film added just about Rs 50 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 54.3 crore.

    *Rustom maintains strong collections in its third week being a universally-appealing film to watch. The film collects Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 121.6 crore.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    MUMBAI: A Flying Jatt a film with Tiger Shroff playing a superhero, aimed at children, gets an average opening response and meets with mixed reactions. Besides trying to imitate Hollywood superhero films, the casting of the gigantic foreign actor, Nathan Jones, as villain also makes the film’s superhero, Tiger look puny in front of him.

    The film, released on Thursday to reap the benefit of Gokulashtami holiday in parts of the country, collects a not so impressive Rs. 6.8 crore on day one. The film drops on Friday, even as the Saturday figures remain almost similar to the opening day while on Sunday, the film does a little better to end its opening weekend with Rs 27.85 crore. The film will find it tough to sustain in remaining four days of the week.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, after a reasonable opening weekend, sustains well through the week in the absence of a major opposition as well as its simplistic and light comedy theme. The film collects 16.9 crore for its first week.

    Rustom continues a healthy trend in its second week. The film, having added to the popularity of Akshay Kumar following a lineup of his purposeful films in recent times, adds Rs. 24.75 in its second week to take its two week total to Rs. 114.8 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro proves to be a box office disaster meeting with a total rejection all over. A poorly conceived and executed film, its second week figures fall to less than 10 per cent of its first week. The film collects a measly Rs. 4.6 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs. 53.8 crore.

    *Budhia Singh- Born To Run adds Rs 1 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 2.16 crore.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ flies average; ‘Rustom’ touches Rs 115 cr

    MUMBAI: A Flying Jatt a film with Tiger Shroff playing a superhero, aimed at children, gets an average opening response and meets with mixed reactions. Besides trying to imitate Hollywood superhero films, the casting of the gigantic foreign actor, Nathan Jones, as villain also makes the film’s superhero, Tiger look puny in front of him.

    The film, released on Thursday to reap the benefit of Gokulashtami holiday in parts of the country, collects a not so impressive Rs. 6.8 crore on day one. The film drops on Friday, even as the Saturday figures remain almost similar to the opening day while on Sunday, the film does a little better to end its opening weekend with Rs 27.85 crore. The film will find it tough to sustain in remaining four days of the week.

    Happy Bhag Jayegi, after a reasonable opening weekend, sustains well through the week in the absence of a major opposition as well as its simplistic and light comedy theme. The film collects 16.9 crore for its first week.

    Rustom continues a healthy trend in its second week. The film, having added to the popularity of Akshay Kumar following a lineup of his purposeful films in recent times, adds Rs. 24.75 in its second week to take its two week total to Rs. 114.8 crore.

    Mohenjo Daro proves to be a box office disaster meeting with a total rejection all over. A poorly conceived and executed film, its second week figures fall to less than 10 per cent of its first week. The film collects a measly Rs. 4.6 crore in its second week taking its two week total to Rs. 53.8 crore.

    *Budhia Singh- Born To Run adds Rs 1 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 2.16 crore.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ is passable kid stuff

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ is passable kid stuff

    The producers of A Flying Jatt,  Balaji Motion Pictures, takes a total diversion with this film. From their earlier blend of films with mainly adult themes, they have moved to a film that caters to children and the preteen lot. Complately inspired by foreign superhero films, A Flying Jatt keeps Indian sensibilities as its main theme instead.

    The film follows in the footsteps of earlier films of this genre: the incognito superhero kinds like Boney Kapoor’s Mr India (1987), Rakesh Roshan’s Krrish (2006) and Krrish3 (2013), Romu Sippy’s Shiva KaInsaaf (3D- 1985), Tinnu Anand’s Shahenshah(1988) and earlier ones like Kishore Kumar-starrer Mr X In Bombay (1964), which dealt with the villains of the mortal kind.

    A Flying Jatt is about a superhero who propagates Swachh Bharat or Clean India and sings paeans to the valour and glory of the Sikh community and fights a super villain.

    Tiger Shroff is a martial arts instructor at a local school in Punjab. Thanks to his blundering ways and shy nature, he is never taken seriously and even his mastery over the art is passable. His young students make fun of him. While he nurses a silent love for Jacqueline Fernandez, he can’t gather the courage to express it.

    Tiger is the son of Amrita Singh who always pushes him to take inspiration from his dead father who was considered a hero by the locals. Amrita’s troubles start when a drug mafia run by KK Menon decides to grab her land, which would help his drug factory save millions in money as well as time, due to easy access to the drug markets. But the piece of land holds deep memories for Amrita and it also has a 200 year old tree that is worshipped by the people.

    Menon fails to convince Amrita with money and tries the only other way he knows: by sending out his goons. While the average goons are dealt with by Amrita herself, the tougher ones are for Tiger to handle. To match the strength of Tiger, he sends out his ultimate weapon, the gigantic-looking Nathan Jones (an Australian actor, power-lifting champion and an ex-professional wrestler). Jones takes on Tiger who, in the process of their duel, gets blessed by the sacred tree with super powers and also gets the imprints of the religious symbol of Sikh faith on his back.

    Tiger can now do things a normal human can’t like flying and also packing a powerful punch. Jones, who was buried in the mud, returns to the scene more powerful now as his blood has turned black and he survives by whiffing on polluted air and other waste strewn around by the society. Thanks to the people’s apathy towards environment, Jones is unbeatable, at least on Planet Earth.

    Amrita wants Tiger to don the pagree his father wore, which he refuses because other kids made fun of him with Sikh jokes. While the film goes on to teach people the virtue of keeping the environs clean as well as planting more trees, Amrita, for her part, initiates Tiger into the virtues of Sikh way of life and tells him stories of their exploits.

    Meanwhile, Menon has mended his ways after he almost lost his daughter to pollution-related ailment. But, by this time, Jones is out of control. He has a personal grudge against Tiger now.

    A Flying Jatt does not have much of a story. It is about a simpleton who gains super powers and a lot of footage goes into showing his prowess as he saves people in distress, from calamities as well as goons.

    The length at 151 minutes makes things repetitive while trying for a film aimed mainly at children. In the first half, some comic scenes entertain its target audience. The direction is good in general with impressive use of special effects; the effects in the song ,which also has a nice melodious feel to it, are good. Beat pe booty… is already popular and both songs are appealing. Cinematography is competent. Tiger Shroff excels in dances and action, both being his forte. Jacqueline is okay. Amrita Singh makes her presence felt, while KK Menon has little to do. Nathan Jones can’t act and his drawls are incomprehensible. The film needed to be edited extensively.

    A Flying Jatt is a passable fare with appeal for kids besides audiences in Delhi and Punjab generally. Released on Thursday to cash in on the festive mood of Janmashtami, it gets three more days to rake in the moolah over the weekend at the box office. Sustenance thereafter will be tough.

    Producers: Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor.

    Director: Remo D’Souza.

    Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amrita Singh, KK Menon, Nathan Jones and Shraddha Kapoor in a cameo.

  • ‘A Flying Jatt’ is passable kid stuff

    ‘A Flying Jatt’ is passable kid stuff

    The producers of A Flying Jatt,  Balaji Motion Pictures, takes a total diversion with this film. From their earlier blend of films with mainly adult themes, they have moved to a film that caters to children and the preteen lot. Complately inspired by foreign superhero films, A Flying Jatt keeps Indian sensibilities as its main theme instead.

    The film follows in the footsteps of earlier films of this genre: the incognito superhero kinds like Boney Kapoor’s Mr India (1987), Rakesh Roshan’s Krrish (2006) and Krrish3 (2013), Romu Sippy’s Shiva KaInsaaf (3D- 1985), Tinnu Anand’s Shahenshah(1988) and earlier ones like Kishore Kumar-starrer Mr X In Bombay (1964), which dealt with the villains of the mortal kind.

    A Flying Jatt is about a superhero who propagates Swachh Bharat or Clean India and sings paeans to the valour and glory of the Sikh community and fights a super villain.

    Tiger Shroff is a martial arts instructor at a local school in Punjab. Thanks to his blundering ways and shy nature, he is never taken seriously and even his mastery over the art is passable. His young students make fun of him. While he nurses a silent love for Jacqueline Fernandez, he can’t gather the courage to express it.

    Tiger is the son of Amrita Singh who always pushes him to take inspiration from his dead father who was considered a hero by the locals. Amrita’s troubles start when a drug mafia run by KK Menon decides to grab her land, which would help his drug factory save millions in money as well as time, due to easy access to the drug markets. But the piece of land holds deep memories for Amrita and it also has a 200 year old tree that is worshipped by the people.

    Menon fails to convince Amrita with money and tries the only other way he knows: by sending out his goons. While the average goons are dealt with by Amrita herself, the tougher ones are for Tiger to handle. To match the strength of Tiger, he sends out his ultimate weapon, the gigantic-looking Nathan Jones (an Australian actor, power-lifting champion and an ex-professional wrestler). Jones takes on Tiger who, in the process of their duel, gets blessed by the sacred tree with super powers and also gets the imprints of the religious symbol of Sikh faith on his back.

    Tiger can now do things a normal human can’t like flying and also packing a powerful punch. Jones, who was buried in the mud, returns to the scene more powerful now as his blood has turned black and he survives by whiffing on polluted air and other waste strewn around by the society. Thanks to the people’s apathy towards environment, Jones is unbeatable, at least on Planet Earth.

    Amrita wants Tiger to don the pagree his father wore, which he refuses because other kids made fun of him with Sikh jokes. While the film goes on to teach people the virtue of keeping the environs clean as well as planting more trees, Amrita, for her part, initiates Tiger into the virtues of Sikh way of life and tells him stories of their exploits.

    Meanwhile, Menon has mended his ways after he almost lost his daughter to pollution-related ailment. But, by this time, Jones is out of control. He has a personal grudge against Tiger now.

    A Flying Jatt does not have much of a story. It is about a simpleton who gains super powers and a lot of footage goes into showing his prowess as he saves people in distress, from calamities as well as goons.

    The length at 151 minutes makes things repetitive while trying for a film aimed mainly at children. In the first half, some comic scenes entertain its target audience. The direction is good in general with impressive use of special effects; the effects in the song ,which also has a nice melodious feel to it, are good. Beat pe booty… is already popular and both songs are appealing. Cinematography is competent. Tiger Shroff excels in dances and action, both being his forte. Jacqueline is okay. Amrita Singh makes her presence felt, while KK Menon has little to do. Nathan Jones can’t act and his drawls are incomprehensible. The film needed to be edited extensively.

    A Flying Jatt is a passable fare with appeal for kids besides audiences in Delhi and Punjab generally. Released on Thursday to cash in on the festive mood of Janmashtami, it gets three more days to rake in the moolah over the weekend at the box office. Sustenance thereafter will be tough.

    Producers: Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor.

    Director: Remo D’Souza.

    Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amrita Singh, KK Menon, Nathan Jones and Shraddha Kapoor in a cameo.